Longview ISD Foundation

On Wednesday, March 5, the Longview ISD Foundation, Inc. and Longview ISD hosted a breakfast for the 2014 Grants-to-Teachers Program recipients. At the breakfast, the Foundation announced funding for this year's grant cycle.

Grant winners received funding from the Longview ISD Foundation ranging from $100 to $2000 for innovative classroom projects and programs that will enhance the quality of education for all students in Longview ISD.

This year, the nineteenth anniversary of the Grants-to-Teachers Program, $75,425.30 was requested through 53 grant applications. The Foundation funded 28 grants totaling $43,948.40 The Foundation funded 15 elementary grants for a total of $26,365.47 and 13 secondary grants for a total of $17,582.93.

Since the beginning of the Grants-to-Teachers Program in 1996, the Foundation has funded 573 grants totaling $535,294.02. These grants have enhanced Longview ISD’s academic programs as well as music, art, technology, counseling and guidance, health and physical education, and character education programs.

For a list of this year’s grant recipients, visit the Longview ISD Foundation’s website atwww.lisdfoundation.organd click on Grant Recipients on the menu bar on the left hand side of the page. Also, see pictures of this year's Grants Giveaway; click on the Photo Gallery on the menu bar.

This year one teacher at Ned E. Williams Elementary School received grant funding from the Longview ISD Foundation, Inc.

Longview Independent School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability or genetic information in providing educational services, activities and programs, including vocational programs, in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Educational Amendment of 1972. The Deputy Superintendent of District Services has been designated to coordinate compliance with the non-discrimination requirements of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended. The Director of State Assessments coordinates compliance with the requirements of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1972.